Mata Ashita

Encourage full participation by all present. Take note of who is speaking and who is not. If you tend to speak often, consider “making space” and vice versa. You also always hold the right to pass.

Attend to and speak about your own experiences and responses, without making assumptions about the experiences of others.

Try not to make assumptions about how people identify. Respect people’s gender identity by using their correct pronouns. If you make a mistake, apologize, correct yourself, and move on.

Our group is diverse and we each have different life experiences. Keep in mind that not everyone is coming to this workshop from the same place of comfort as you, so if you are writing about potentially distressing subject matter, please use content warnings and stay away from graphic language.

Pay attention to and honour your own needs, and pay attention to your neighbours. And most importantly, everything shared in this workshop is confidential. Take the lessons, leave the details.